SpaceX

Starlink Group 6-21

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Thursday October 5 2023, 05:36:30 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowThursday October 5 2023, 02:45:00 UTC→Thursday October 5 2023, 05:57:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

All launches

SpaceX

Starlink Group 6-21

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

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00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Thursday October 5 2023, 05:36:30 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1076

expended8th flight

Flights22

Landings21/21100%

Fastest turn21d 2h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 613 km downrange

26d 2h since last flight

Booster first launched on the Dragon CRS-26 mission. Expended during the SPAINSAT-NG II launch.

Previous flights · 21

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go50%Wind4 m/sGusts5 m/sCloud41%Temp30°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of an attached thunderstorm anvil.

HRRR F+0: CAPE 2244 · upper-level wind 16 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowThursday October 5 2023, 02:45:00 UTC→Thursday October 5 2023, 05:57:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go50%Wind4 m/sGusts5 m/sCloud41%Temp30°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of an attached thunderstorm anvil.

HRRR F+0: CAPE 2244 · upper-level wind 16 kt — anvil-producing environment, no live proximity (no satellite cloud-top at this pad)

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1076

expended8th flight

Flights22

Landings21/21100%

Fastest turn21d 2h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI· 613 km downrange

26d 2h since last flight

Booster first launched on the Dragon CRS-26 mission. Expended during the SPAINSAT-NG II launch.

Previous flights · 21